Apocalypse Now (1979 – Free Download) English DVD-RIP

300 MB, DVD RIP, HOLLYWOOD, TOP 100On October 18, 2016

153 Min. | Drama – War | December 1979

IMDB Rating: 8.5

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Staring: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall

Apocalypse Now Review: After the success of the first two ‘Godfather’ films in 1972 and 1974 respectively, Francis Ford Coppola embarked on an ambitious attempt to bring home the reality of the war in Vietnam, which had concluded with the fall of Saigon to the Vietcong in 1975. The plot was loosely based on the book ‘Heart of Darkness,’ a story by Joseph Conrad about Kurtz, a trading company agent in the African jungle who has acquired mysterious powers over the natives. Coppola retains much of this, including such details as the severed heads outside Kurtz’s headquarters and his final words, “The horror… the horror”.

In Apocalypse Now, Sheen plays an army captain given the mission to penetrate into Cambodia, and eliminate, with “extreme prejudice,” a decorated officer who has become an embarrassment to the authorities. On his journey up the river to the renegade’s camp he experiences the demoralization of the US forces, high on dope or drunk with power. Although, as a result of cuts forced on Coppola, Apocalypse Now was accused of incoherence when first released, it was by the most serious attempt to get to grips with the experience of Vietnam and a victorious reinvention of the war film genre. In 1980 Apocalypse Now won an Oscar for best cinematography and best sound.

Coppola, following the path of his own film making, ensures that his central character Captain Willard, journeying deep into the jungle, deep into his heart, has his own chance to discover the horrific artistry of the Colonel. “Apocalypse Now” was re-released in 2001 with fifty minutes restored. As a result, the motion picture can now be seen as the epic masterpiece it is.